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And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🇩🇪 German HR tech company Personio raises $125 million at $1.7 billion valuation🛵 Turkish on-demand delivery leader Getir raises $128 million at a ∼$850 million valuation as it gears up for launch in the UK and Latin America🏫 School startup Ironhack raises $20 million to “disrupt the way we learn about technology”💳 PPRO nabs $180M at a $1B+ valuation to bring together the fragmented world of payments🕹 Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division🖨 Protolabs buys Dutch online manufacturing platform 3D Hubs for up to $330 million in a mix of cash, stock⚖️ Brussels zeroes in on Google’s adtech business💿 Antitrust: Commission fines Valve and five publishers of PC video games € 7.8 million for “geo-blocking” practices🎙 Interview: Luke Lang, CMO and co-founder of CrowdcubeWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💰 Israel-born fintech company Rapyd lands $300 million in financing, doubles valuation to $2.5 billion3️⃣ Checkout.com nearly triples value to $15 billion after funding🚚 Berlin-based digital freight forwarder Sennder bags $160 million at a $1 billion+ valuation💳 Curve seals $95 million equity round👩‍💼 French startup iziwork snags $43 million to help temporary workers find jobs and security🍅 Italian e-grocery startup Cortilia raises €34 million to get fresh local food to people’s homes🐽 Online greeting card retailer Moonpig plans London listing🍕 Deliveroo picks banks to serve up blockbuster floatAmazon-backed Deliveroo could be headed to a blockbuster IPO that values it above $13 billion in April🚙 German used car platform AUTO1 plans to list on Frankfurt stock exchange💸 Delivery Hero launches DX Ventures, a new VC fund with €50 million at hand💵 LAUNCHub Ventures seals €44 million first close of its €70 million target fund – here’s why📈 Baltic startup ecosystem will bloom thanks to new stock option policies, says Index Ventures🛰 European Investment Fund announces €300 million of space sector finance with new investments into Orbital Ventures and Primo Space🎙 Interview: Stephane Ouaki, the chair of the investment committee of the EIC FundEuropean Innovation Council kicks off equity fund with €178 million going to 42 startups‘It’s going to kill your business’: Startups turn on €2B EU fund We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💻 Hopin buys livestreaming startup StreamYard for $250M as it looks to expand its product line-up🛵 Delivery Hero raises €1.2 billion in new share offering💸 French fintech startup Pennylane snags €15 million in Series A funding🍖 Too Good To Go raises $31 million to fight food waste🏦 Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services🇪🇺 European Innovation Council kicks off equity fund with €178 million going to 42 startups🎙 Interview: Jan Goetz, co-founder of IQM, and Ilkka Kivimaki of Maki.vcWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

In this episode, we’ve prepared an interview with Stan Boland, CEO of the UK-based autonomous driving startup Five. The company has been around since 2015, and I was really curious to learn more about its recent pivot and get a snapshot of what the industry is like these days. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the links to the profiles of our interviewees:🎙Jean Marc Feghali, R&D lead at WeWALK🎙Tushar Agarwal, co-founder and CEO at HubbleHQWe hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

In this episode, we’ve prepared an interview with Andrew Bud, founder and CEO of face verification firm iProov and an engineer who's witnessed first-hand a big chunk of the modern computing and communications history. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

We've talked to Jade Francine, co-founder and COO at WeMaintain, and Matti Rönkkö, founder and CEO of Cooler Future. Check them out to learn more about sustainable finance, carbon footprint of your savings, and the market of lift maintenance.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🛴 Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa0️⃣ UK-based Zilch raises $30 million for its BNPL platform with a twist👀 Croatian startup Microblink leaves bootstrapping behind; collects $60 million first round🏎 EA acquires UK-based game developer Codemasters in $1.2 billion deal🐦 MessageBird acquires Pusher to bring more real-time communication APIs to businesses🚙 Online car retailer Cazoo acquires UK-based car subscription platform Drover👩‍🎓 Brainly raises $80M as its platform for crowdsourced homework help balloons to 350M users🚲 Dott to expand beyond e-scooters with bike-sharing service🇮🇪 Dogpatch confirmed as winner of €17m contract to run NDRC🗞 The Midas List Europe 2020 by Forbes🇪🇺 Europe lays out its plan to reboot digital rules and tame tech giantsWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

Welcome to an interview special episode of our podcast: a format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem.Before we get to the episode, a quick announcement: you've still got time to leave a voice message for our team, to be featured on Friday in the 200th episode of the show! Head to tech.eu/voicemail — and let us know what you think about European tech!To wrap up the topic of Amazon businesses and FBA aggregators — at least for this year, — this time we talked to Malte Horeyseck, co-founder at SellerX, which has recently raised €100 million in seed funding. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💰 Catawiki raises €150 million in Permira-led round for its ‘curated online marketplace’🏎 MTG acquires UK game developer Hutch for $375 million👔 TransferWise to create 750 jobs globally in the next six months📱 Swedish entrepreneur behind OnePlus raises $7 million in all-star round for new venture in London🦄 eToro joins Israeli unicorn club by tripling valuation in two years to reach $2.5 billion💸 Highland Europe launches €700 million fund for growth-stage startups❗️ Exclaimer raises $133 million to help companies manage email signatures📊 Cisco to acquire audience interaction company Slido🇫🇷 France fines Google $120 million and Amazon $42 million for dropping tracking cookies without consent📁 The State of European Tech report by AtomicoWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🛴 Voi, the European ‘micromobility’ rental company, raises $160 million additional equity and debt fundingBolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter🐼 UK-based HungryPanda raises $70 million to expand its online Asian food delivery business worldwide🏦 Monzo, the UK challenger bank, picks up additional £60 million in funding🔬 UK edtech startup MEL Science snags $14 million Series BTech.eu Podcast #168: On the future of education (feat. MEL Science, Brainly, and Lingvist)☁️ SoftBank buys 10.1 percent stake in Sinch after its meteoric surgeTech.eu Podcast #178: Apple (and Ireland)’s win against the EU, Privacy Shield invalidated, and we interview Sinch CEO Oscar Werner🎯 This is where Target Global wants to invest its new €300+ million fund⏰ Firstminute Capital launches second $111 million fund, featuring a who’s-who of founders as LPs The European Investment Bank Group debuts new €150 million financing instrument to support European AI tech firms🤖 London AI lab claims breakthrough that could accelerate drug discoveryDeepMind’s protein-folding breakthrough triggers fierce debate among skeptical scientists: ‘Until they share their code, nobody in the field cares’🚙 Interview with Sebastian Peck, managing director of InMotion Ventures, a firm backed by Jaguar Land RoverWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:❗️ Kahoot! has acquired language learning mobile game maker Drops for up to $50 millionTech.eu Podcast — Interview Special: Daniel Farkas (Drops) and Janosch Sadowski (Kolibri)🍽 HelloFresh plans to buy US meal delivery company Factor for up to $277 million🍄 Peter Thiel backs psychedelic drug developer Atai in $125 million raise💵 France demands digital tax payments from US tech groups🇪🇺 Big tech companies are looking for European lobbyists🛒 Interview with Jānis Bošs, founder of Fast BrandsWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

This time, we talked to Bogdan Iordache, founder of How To Web; Adelina Peltea, VP Growth of Holded; and Robin Geers, founder and CEO at Alliance Europe.We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🚌 UK electric vehicle company Arrival set for $5.4bn Nasdaq listingTech.eu Podcast #192: Let’s talk about SPACs…💳 Santander buys Wirecard’s core European business for €100 millionFormer Wirecard boss Braun stonewalls German lawmakers’ inquiry🏗 Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240 millionTech.eu Podcast — Slush Interview Special: Valentina Milanova (Daye) and Carl Christensen (Spacemaker)🛴 TfL and London Councils look for e-scooter operators to take part in year-long rental trial🎙 Interview with Riku Asikainen, managing partner at Evli Growth PartnersWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

Welcome to an interview special episode of our podcast: a format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem. In this episode, Tech.eu’s founding editor Robin Wauters talked to Tara Reeves, partner at OMERS Ventures Europe, and Michael Kent, CEO of Azimo and co-founder of Tandem Bank. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💎 Farfetch secures $1.1bn backing from Alibaba and Richemont📅 Hopin raises $125 million at $2.1 billion valuation as virtual events become the norm🦄 Estonian-born Pipedrive achieves unicorn status with $1.5 billion valuation👷 HR tech startup Remote raises $35 million Series A from Index, Sequoia and others🛴 TIER Mobility raises mammoth $250 million Series C roundWhat SoftBank backing scooter operator Tier means for European micromobility🇪🇪 Estonia’s Bolt wants to become the largest micromobility provider in Europe next year✒️ New bill in Ireland proposes to pull e-scooters out of a legal gray area🕹 Take-Two to buy UK game maker Codemasters for $956 million📣 Spotify to buy podcast ad company Megaphone for $235 million🪦 Under Armour shuts down Endomondo, which it paid $85 million for in 2015🔑 What’s all this about Europe wanting crypto backdoors?⚖️ EU says Amazon breached antitrust rules, opens second investigation into its e-commerce business💰 EU budget: European Commission welcomes agreement on €1.8 trillion package to help build greener, more digital and more resilient Europe‘Breach of trust’: Horizon Europe cut prompts strong backlash🎙Interview with Tjarda Voorneman, lead of the Techleap Rise ProgramWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

This time, Tech.eu’s founding editor Robin Wauters talked to two entrepreneurs who founded very different ventures — the language-learning startup Drops and the gaming company Kolibri Games, which was acquired by Ubisoft earlier this year. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🍽 Meal kit company Gousto hits unicorn status, but founder Timo Boldt doesn't care all that much about valuations.🔋 Skeleton Technologies, the Estonian startup developing the “SuperBattery,” has raised a €41.3m Series D funding round💸 The pandemic’s impact on private equity so far: New report shows strong raising but lower investing🇹🇷 Turkey fines social media giants for breaching online law🎙 We interviewed Ott Vatter, former managing director of the e-Residency program in EstoniaWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🧳 GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm🏡 Helsinki proptech scale-up Kodit.io secures €100 million in equity and debt funding🎶 Spotify recovers from early-pandemic slump⚖️ Pressure grows for antitrust action against German software giantItalian watchdog investigates Google over alleged advertising market abuseFrance’s online ad lobbies file antitrust complaint against AppleGerman watchdog launches new investigation into Amazon🤖 Fired by robots — Uber faces legal challenge for algorithmic dismissals🎙 We interviewed Job van der Voort, CEO and co-founder at Remote.comWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:📈 European venture picks up in Q3 following slow start🎓 Irish elearning company LearnUpon closes €47.4 million investment🇨🇳 China urges Sweden to reverse its Huawei, ZTE ban to avoid harming its companies🌖 Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon💰 London explores hopping on Spacs bandwagonAlmost everything you need to know about SPACs🎙 Interview with Jambu Palaniappan, managing partner at OMERS VenturesWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🇳🇴 Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform⚖️ Klarna under investigation by UK regulator for ‘unsolicited’ emailsPayPal takes aim at Klarna with ‘Pay in 3’ service for UK shoppers🇪🇺 EU targets Big Tech with ‘hit list’ facing tougher rulesFrance and Netherlands join forces to back EU move against tech giants🎙 An interview with Joe Perkins, founder of LandscapeWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🗠 Seedrs and Crowdcube plan to merge into one £140 million companyEuropean Union approves new crowdfunding rules that apply to member states, funding cap set at €5 millionFinally, a pan-European set of rules on crowdfunding: here’s why this is a huge step for the industry🐛 Insect farming startup Ÿnsect tops up Series C round to $372 million🐦 Europe’s newest unicorn: Amsterdam’s MessageBird closes $200 million funding round at $3 billion valuation🎙 Interview with Jaime Novoa, investor at K Fund and author of the Dealflow newsletter

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🔋 Swedish battery maker Northvolt is raising $600 million from Volkswagen, Daniel Ek, Goldman Sachs and others🚖 Uber granted 18-month London license as judge overturns ban🚕 Uber weighs purchase of BMW-Daimler ride-hailing venture🎙 Interview with Jonathan Keane, formerly of Fora.ie and Tech.euWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🌜 Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek will pour €1 billion of his own money into European “moonshots”📈 TransferWise grows annual revenue 70% to hit more than €330 million (and €23 million+ in net profit)🎙 An interview with Frédéric Mazzella, co-founder of BlaBlaCar and co-president at France DigitaleWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💲 Nvidia is buying Arm — or is it?Nvidia confirms $40B purchase of Arm, bringing together two chip giantsArm co-founder starts ‘Save Arm’ campaign to keep independence amid $40B Nvidia dealHermann Hauser on BBC Radio 4 (around 01:18:00)🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 Klarna is a decacorn nowKlarna announces $650M funding round to further accelerate global growthKlarna is the Ultimate Grower🎙 An interview with Meri Williams, CTO at HealX, formerly of Monzo, Moo, and the UK governmentWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🏘️ Massive deal in Madrid: EQT buys online real estate classifieds platform idealista for €1.3 billionEQT agrees €1.3bn deal for Spanish property site Idealista💳 Dutch payments startup Mollie raises $106M at $1B+ valuation💶 Klarna talks to investors on raising funds at over $10 billion valuation⚖️ Facebook to be forced to stop sending EU data to the USFacebook seeks fresh legal delay to block order to suspend its transatlantic data transfers🎙️ Interview with Pär-Jörgen Pärson, general partner at Northzone and a VC with some 20 years of experienceWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🚀 Rocket Internet to delist from stock market and focus on long-term strategyThe humbling of Europe’s most-hyped startup incubator: Rocket InternetRocket Internet has made a $3.1 billion damp squibAs it delists, Rocket Internet’s ill-fated experiment with public markets is overJumia: The e-commerce start-up that fell from grace💰 German credit marketplace auxmoney raises €150 million🇫🇷 France to spend $8.4 billion on digital as part of stimulus plan🇩🇪 Germany promises Elon Musk full support to get Tesla's Berlin plant ready🎤 An interview with the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity fund Laura González-EstéfaniWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:📱 Fairphone’s new flagship, the 3+, costs just €70 as a modular upgrade🗠 The Hut Group set for biggest British IPO in years💸 SoftBank-backed car website Auto1 is said to invite IPO pitches🛒 Delivery Hero buys InstaShop, valued at $360 million, to expand through the Middle East📂 UK immersive music startup MelodyVR buys Napster for $70 million in a reverse takeover💀 Big Revolution — The brand that refused to die🎙️ An interview with Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera, and Sherry Coutu, serial entrepreneur and the head of Digital BoostWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🚂 Omio takes $100 million to shuttle through the coronavirus crisis🤬 German travel startups aren't happy with GoogleInside Google’s feud with the battered online travel industryTravel startups cry foul over what Google’s doing with their data🎮 Tencent takes minority stake in French casual games maker Voodoo💳 Wirecard UK [may] be bought by Railsbank after downfall of parent company🎙️ Elizabeth Varley talks to Robin Wauters about the history of TechHub in London and the reasons why it eventually went underWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:📱 Google, Nokia, Qualcomm are investors in $230 million Series A2 for Finnish phone maker, HMD Global🍎 Facebook, Microsoft gripes with Apple’s App Store on EU’s antitrust radar🇫🇷 TikTok faces French data probe, adding to EU-wide scrutiny💳 Revolut racks up losses as hiring spree offsets revenue🇬🇧 Holvi is leaving the UK – when and why?☠️ N26 employees are planning works council electionsN26 founders oppose the establishment of a works council — elections have to be postponedN26 works council meeting takes place — management schedules meeting at the same time🎙 Interview with Kristine Kornilova of Printful (formerly of TechChill)We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:Zynga buys another Turkish gaming companyZynga Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Istanbul-based Rollic, One of the Fastest Growing Hyper-Casual Mobile Game Companies (PR)Zynga acquires hypercasual mobile company Rollic for $168m (GamesIndustry.biz)Zynga is acquiring hypercasual mobile game firm Rollic for at least $168 million (Venturebeat)Uber buys the UK’s AutocabUber is buying a taxi software company to expand its foothold in the UK (CNBC)Uber is buying its biggest rival in the UK (Engadget)Uber to acquire Autocab in expansion partnership (Intelligent Transport)Northvolt riding the ‘momentum of electrification’Battery developer Northvolt raises $US1.6 billion for two new gigafactories (The Driven)Northvolt secures $1.6bn backing for twin battery gigafactories (PV Magazine)European Commission moves to investigate the Google/Fitbit dealEU launches ‘in-depth’ probe of Google bid for Fitbit (Euractiv)EU Regulators Open Investigation Into Google’s Fitbit Acquisition, Cleary Leads (Law.com)Google-Fitbit takeover: EU launches full-scale probe (BBC News)🎙 Matthew Briers, CFO of TransferWise

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:Telegram vs. AppleApple Faces EU Antitrust Complaint from Messaging App Telegram (Bloomberg Law)Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store (Ars Technica)Durov’s Telegram channelFacebook vs. the EUIrony isn’t dead… Facebook sues EU on data privacy grounds for requesting too much personal data (The Register)Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for excessive data requests (Reuters)Facebook sues EU for requesting ‘highly sensitive personal information’ (The Brussels Times)AUTO1 scores a big round of fundingAUTO1 Raises $300 Million to Develop Used-Car Retail Platform (The New York Times)AUTO1 Group Raises $300M To Ramp Up Retail Platform (PYMNTS.com)Infobip also scores a big round of fundingExclusive: European software startup Infobip raises over $200 million in Series A funding – sources (Reuters)Croatia’s Infobip secures $200 million+ at unicorn valuation in its first round of funding (Tech.eu)TechHub bites the dust TechHub goes into administration. Remembering the last 10 years. (TechHub blog)TechHub, once the heart of London’s start-up scene, goes bust (Financial Times)🎙 Mattias Ljungman, founder of Atomico and Moonfire Ventures

eBay sells it classified biz to Norway’s AdevintaAdevinta signs agreement to acquire eBay Classifieds Group (Adevinta)One of the oldest businesses on the internet just got sold for $9 billion (CNN Business)eBay sells its classifieds business to Adevinta for $9.2 billion (Venturebeat)e-mobility news from across EuropeParis snubs Bird in highly competitive electric scooter competition (The Verge)Belgian e-bike company Cowboy snags €23 million Series B to continue European expansion (Tech.eu)Soundcloud founders launch Berlin-based e-bike subscription startup (Reuters)The EU leaders’ lack of digital ambitionsEU leaders slash science spending in €1.8 trillion deal (Science)MEPs debate recovery fund, condemn major cuts to long-term EU budget (European Parliament)Leaders agree on slimmed-down €80.9B for Horizon Europe (Science|Business)Von der Leyen deplores ‘regrettable’ cuts in health, research, climate (New Europe)European tech’s Q2 was ok, considering…European Venture Report Q2 2020: Funding down to 2018 levels after record high in 2019Philippe Botteri, partner at Accel

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:Apple and Ireland mark victory on €13 billion tax bill appeal Commission loses out in Apple-Ireland tax battle, announces tax abuse clampdown (Euractiv)Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned (BBC News)Apple just won a mammoth victory over Europe’s ‘tax lady.’ But the fight is far from over (Fortune)Privacy Shield: invalidatedUS-EU Privacy Shield data sharing agreement struck down by court (Ars Technica)The background to EU citizens’ court win over US tech giants (The Guardian)Court of Justice of the European Union invalidates EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, while standard contractual clauses survive (for now) (Lexology)UiPath raises $225 million at ‘decacorn’ valuationUiPath raises $225 million to automate repetitive back-office tasks (Venturebeat)UiPath’s $225M Round: What Does This Mean For RPA (Robotic Process Automation)? (Forbes)$10 Billion Robotic Software Firm UiPath Eyes 2021 U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)Alibaba wants to buy GlovoEl gigante chino Alibaba negocia la compra de Glovo (Crónica Global)UK to bar Huawei from 5G networks after US pressureU.K. Bars Huawei for 5G as Tech Battle Between China and the West Escalates (The New York Times)UK to phase out Huawei gear from 5G networks in a major policy U-turn after U.S. sanctions (CNBC)Pressure from Trump led to 5G ban, Britain tells Huawei (The Guardian)Teamviewer buys UbimaxTeamviewer buy augmented reality firm Ubimax (Reuters)Teamviewer acquires industrial AR solutions company Ubimax to strengthen its AR, IoT business (The Tech Portal) Oscar Werner, CEO of Sinch

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:Opera acquires Fjord BankOpera announces investment in and agreement to acquire Fjord Bank (press release)Norwegian browser maker Opera ventures further into fintech with acquisition of Fjord Bank (Tech.eu)Delivery Hero backs sustainability tech startupsDelivery Hero continues to strengthen its green program by investing in sustainable solutions (press release)Berlin-based Delivery Hero invests in sustainable tech that could make food delivery more eco-friendly (Tech.eu)Travelperk buys AlbatrossBarcelona’s TravelPerk buys Albatross, an API for virus-related travel restrictions, to expand risk management offeringUK’s Visionable poised for a big roundBritish technology start-up Visionable (billed as the ‘Zoom for medics’) is mulling a fundraising of up to £100m to support growth in UK and overseas (Daily Mail)Ubisoft wrapped up in scandalsUbisoft attempts to hype up new games as executives quit over misconduct allegations (CNBC)What went wrong at Ubisoft? (Gamesindustry.biz Podcast)Ubisoft: Sexual misconduct probe sees three senior heads resign (BBC News) Faisal Galaria, CEO of BlipparTEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: FAISAL GALARIA AS NEW CEO, FOUNDER AMBARISH MITRA AS CPO AND PREET PRASANNAN AS CTO (Blippar blog)

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:UK regulators take aim at Apple’s search engine deal with GoogleUK regulators call Google, Apple search engine deal a ‘barrier’ to competition (ZDNet)U.K. Regulator Takes Aim At Apple And Google’s Billion-Pound Search Deal (Forbes)Germany’s solarisBank raises fundingSolarisBank Snaps Up €60m Funding For BaaS-Ic Instinct (Fintech Direct)Transferwise ventures into offering investmentsFintech start-up TransferWise is set to launch an investments feature (CNBC)TransferWise secures UK investment license (Business Insider)Garmin goes shopping in FinlandGarmin Acquires Firstbeat Analytics (FINSMES)Why Garmin buying Firstbeat is big news for sports watches (Wareable)Funding in the ‘death care’ sectorLondon-based Farewill gets £20 million to modernise UK’s death care industry (Tech.eu)Six VC firms raising fresh fundsGP Bullhound announces fifth fund at €125 million, sticking with high-growth software one year after Slack exitPan-European VC Nauta Capital launches fifth fund with a €120 million first closeBerlin’s Cavalry Ventures closes €80M, backed by DACH founders and EIFK Fund has another €70M to back early-stage Spanish startups and is launching a pre-seed programFrench VC Axeleo Capital announces €50 million fund for seed-stage proptech startups across EuropeIceland Venture Studio raises additional $2 million to elevate Icelandic ecosystem in global tech sceneRaph Crouan, Partner Business Development at C4 VenturesC4 Ventures announces €80 million fund, led by former EMEA head of Apple Pascal Cagni

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:Wirecard’s wild ride down‘The Enron of Germany’: Wirecard scandal casts a shadow on corporate governance (CNBC)EY prepares for backlash over Wirecard scandal (Financial Times)Germany to sever ties with accounting watchdog after Wirecard scandal (Reuters)Germany’s top court rules against Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’Germany’s highest court orders Facebook to stop cross-platform data sharing (EURACTIV)Facebook Loses Antitrust Decision in Germany Over Data Collection (The New York Times)Germany’s top court rules against Facebook on users’ data (Deutsche Welle)Highlighting three big funding rounds:Checkout.com triples valuation to $5.5 billion, making it one of Europe’s top fintechs (CNBC)French fintech scale-up Swile secures €70 million to extend beyond its digital meal voucher alternative (Tech.eu)Cazoo raises $31 million at $1 billion+ valuation to help you buy used cars online (Tech.eu) Steve King, co-founder and CEO of UK-based Black SwanHow AI And Data Science Are Helping To Understand And Tackle COVID-19 (Forbes)

EU vs. AppleEU launches antitrust probes into Apple’s App Store and Apple Pay (CNBC)Opinion: Apple deserves the EU antitrust scrutiny it’s getting (Bloomberg)Opinion: Apple’s antitrust issues won’t go away; the company should act now (9to5Mac)Wirecard’s missing billionsWirecard, a Payments Firm, Is Rocked by a Report of a Missing $2 Billion (The New York Times)Wirecard’s disappearing $2.1 billion (Fortune)Wirecard and the Dangerous Allure of Lots of Cash: Opinion (Bloomberg Tax)Highlighting two interesting acquisitions:Facebook acquires crowdsourced mapping company Mapillary (Reuters)Square Buys European P2P App Verse (PYMNTS.com)Highlighting three interesting funding rounds:Swedish video game developer Stillfront raises €113 million (Tech.eu)Berlin’s Contentful raises $80 million Series E for omnichannel content platform (Tech.eu)Monzo value falls 40% in latest fundraising (FT) Moray Wright, co-founder and CEO of UK-based Parkwalk AdvisorsLondon’s Imperial College debuts ‘Innovation Fund’ to back startups founded by students and staff (Tech.eu)

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode.🛒 Amazon's struggle with the EUAmazon to face antitrust charges from EU over treatment of third-party sellers [paywalled]Speech of Margrethe Vestager at the College of Europe, Bruges campusTech.eu Podcast #127: EU vs. Amazon, future of alternative meats in Europe, is brain drain real, interview with Fifty Years’ Seth Bannon, and more🎙 Maria Chatzou Dunford, CEO and founder at LifebitWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode.🍕 The battle for Grubhub'Nobody's making money in this business': Uber's CEO defends a possible GrubHub merger amid criticism of the reported merger talksUber-Grubhub deal hinges on breakup fee after narrowing price gapUber could lose its Grubhub deal to Just Eat or Delivery HeroGrubhub jumps on deal inquiries from Just Eat, Delivery HeroGrubhub rockets 11% on reports of takeover interest from 2 European peersGrubhub has two new suitors, Just Eat Takeaway and Delivery HeroDara Khosrowshahi: How Uber is changing and being challenged by a global pandemic🎙 Antti-Jussi Suominen, CEO at the Finnish fintech startup HolviWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition and Executive Vice President, Europe Fit for the Digital Age🎙 Gerd Leonhard, a futurist from The Futures Agency🎙 Emilija Stojmenova Duh, head of Slovenia's digital innovation hub 4PDIHWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode.🛴 E-scooter share co Wind to offer deliveries🚕 Exclusive: BMW and Daimler now offer e-scooters with Free Now🚗 BlaBlaCar partners with scooter startup Voi to launch new BlaBla Ride app🎙 Nicolas Brusson, co-founder and CEO of BlaBlaCarWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Claire Munck, CEO at Be Angels and board member of Business Angels Europe🎙 Philippe Collombel, managing partner of Partech🎙 Inka Mero, founder and managing partner of Voima Ventures🎙 Robin Wauters, founding editor of Tech.eu🎙 Dmitry Kalaev, head of acceleration at IIDF.vcWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Roni Bonjack, head of developer programs — EMEA at FacebookStartup resources for coronavirus (COVID-19)How startups are pivoting during the pandemic🎙 Cristina Vila Vives, founder and CEO at CledaraMelinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and M12 name Cledara top 5 enterprise software startupWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Karolina Korth, head of strategy for South-West Europe at Siemens Mobility🎙 Joris Jeelof, chief commercial officer at RoadEO🎙 Linus Frank, co-founder of Vesputi🎙 Antonio Jara, CEO at HOPUWe hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Matthew Goldstein, partner at M12🎙 Pascal Kemps and Johan Van den Bulck, co-founders of TeRoCoWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Katerina Borunska, policy officer at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation🎙 Kat Borlongan, director at La French Tech🎙 Olga Barreto Goncalves, chief startup instigator at the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia🎙 Nils Beers, CEO at Techleap (the Netherlands)We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Edd Stockwell, head of partnerships at MEL Science🎙 Michał Borkowski, CEO at Brainly.com🎙 Mait Müntel and Lisa Ockinga, CEO and head of product at LingvistWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Alastair Mitchell, partner at EQT Ventures🎙 Itxaso del Palacio, investment director at Notion🎙 Jacqueline van den Ende, partner at Peak Capital🎙 Janneke Niessen, co-founder of CapitalTWe hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement Nº 825014.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Roxanne Varza, director at Station FAre European startups avoiding the topic of downsizing?Discussion on Twitter🎙 Wil Benton, venture and ecosystem director at ATI Boeing AcceleratorWil's music on Bandcamp and MixcloudWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.